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Originally Posted by redandy3575

Hey brickus.

It's the same story here mate. I too looked at 80 series Landcruisers a few years back, but apart from the Toyota reliability they don't offer good bang for your buck, therefor I chose a Rangie with all the bells and whistle as well as off road capability that just about surpasses anything on the market and without the need to modify too much in making it even better on dirt.

I service mine on a regular bases and she held together on some of the toughest trips, including cape York.

Toyota resale is unrealistically high.....good luck to them but it does defy logic.
Maybe I'll get the 5 Star Queen up to the Cape yet.....perchance to dream!

That MGB is tidy! I bet it went like the clappers too!

The cape is definitely a great place to appreciate the air-sprung ride of the P38 - I can attest to that having only weeks ago returned from there.

Mine is purely a tourer/toy and I'm glad I made the choice all those years ago to buy it.

Even if yours sees more or all on-road, I am sure you will enjoy it.

Cheers
Keithy

You were replacing the timing cover gaskethttp://www.aulro.com/afvb/p38a-range-rover/176535-timing-cover-gasket-replacement.html

That sounds really good brickus, we've got a 40l Engel too, and it slides in by the sub with just enough room to put the gas stove between it and the tailgate.

We've got two young kids and manage to get everything in.

Originally Posted by benji

That sounds really good brickus, we've got a 40l Engel too, and it slides in by the sub with just enough room to put the gas stove between it and the tailgate.

We've got two young kids and manage to get everything in.

I think you'll find a 5 star camper needs (?) more stuff than 2 kids, mate.

That's what a camper trailer or caravsn is for! Or a massive roof basket! Or a chev silverado...

In saying we get everything in; it's pretty packed. Though we did 3weeks up to Fraser in the Classic with our oldest when he was 18months with no roof rack, that one had the lpg tank in the boot too. No word of a lie I had orings, electrical tape and stuff like that in the dash under the coin tray. We also took a spare diff on that trip too as the morning we were leaving I did an oil change and the back one looked nasty, so I wipped one off the lse.

The big advantage when traveling with two is you can fold the back seats down. We had a fridge base on the Classic that bolted into where the single rear seat mounted, and it worked a treat. We were going to do that to the hse but the second one came earlier than we thought.

I sort of know what you mean though. My auntee was a 5 star camper and they'd have the 80 series and a 6x4 packed for 3 days camping.

Originally Posted by benji

In saying we get everything in; it's pretty packed. Though we did 3weeks up to Fraser in the Classic with our oldest when he was 18months with no roof rack, that one had the lpg tank in the boot too. No word of a lie I had orings, electrical tape and stuff like that in the dash under the coin tray. We also took a spare diff on that trip too as the morning we were leaving I did an oil change and the back one looked nasty, so I wipped one off the lse.

The big advantage when traveling with two is you can fold the back seats down. We had a fridge base on the Classic that bolted into where the single rear seat mounted, and it worked a treat. We were going to do that to the hse but the second one came earlier than we thought.

I sort of know what you mean though. My auntee was a 5 star camper and they'd have the 80 series and a 6x4 packed for 3 days camping.

We bought our caravan from Esperance in WA. Packed up the X5 with everything we needed for the van trip home inc crockery, cutlery, bedding, 2 dogs, I mean everything. Did I mention clothes for us etc etc?? It took us 3 days to get over there and 3 weeks to get back. We were severely jammed in on the way over though. I think the RR will have more rear room than the X5, their rear is more raked than the RR. Will be laying the rear seats down semi-permanently too.

Originally Posted by Keithy P38

That's what a camper trailer or caravsn is for! Or a massive roof basket! Or a chev silverado...

Might look into a roof rack.....and roof top tent......and awning.........and.....and......stop dreaming!!